Toy cannon



(No Model.)-

O. W. LUOIUS.

TOY CANNON;

No. 484,805. Patented Oct. 25, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES \V. LUGIUS, OF HARTWELL, OHIO.

TOY CANNON- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters IPatent No. 484,805, dqed October 25, 1892.

Application filed May 16, 1892.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES IV. I JUCIUS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hartwell, in the county of Hamilton and State of:

Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Toy Cannon; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The subject of this invention is a toy cannon; and the intention is to construct the same in such a manner as to resemble, as near as possible in manipulation and action, a real cannon, yet be devoid of all dangers inherent to the latter, so that it may be used by children and indoors.

This invention is described in the following specification, and pointed out in the claims therein,as well as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal section, of the same.

The projectile I use consists of a wooden or hard-rubber ball which may be repeatedly used, and as a means to expel it from the cannon I employ the ordinary commercial fire or shooting cracker.

In the drawings the ball is designated by the numeral 4,and the shooting-cracker by 5.

6 is the barrel of the cannon, and 7 the touch-hole, which, unlike those in real cannons, passes clear through the barrel and also serves as a receiver for the charge, for which purpose it is substantially of a size which corresponds with a fire-cracker. Midway of its height this touch-hole and receiver communicate with the bore 8 of the cannon, through which the expanding gases, after being generated by the explosion of the cracker, pass, which latter generally explodes between its ends and therefore readily discharges into the bore. Inasmuch, however, as some of the direct efiects of the explosion are lost, caused by a part of the gases escaping through the receiver 7, the bore 8 of the cannon is made of a small diameter to concentrate as much as possible the gases which pass through it toward the muzzle for the purpose of expelling the projectile. The amount of resistance necessary to throw the ball out is provided, in the absence of any wads or other means,

Serial No. 433,168- (No model.)

by the outwardly-tapering end 9 at the muzzle of the bore, into which the ball or projectile is pressed. The contracted bore prevents the ball from being inserted too tight and thereby prevents the same, by reason of high resistance, from attaining a dangerous velocity, which latter, by the construction adopted, is only of a degree to throw the ball out a distance sufiicient to show the eflects of the powder and to make the toy interesting. A further guard against all danger or undue use is furnished by the large touchhole and receiver 7, which pass clear through the cannon and also communicate with a passage 10 in block 11, which forms the base of the cannon. This passage 10 may also be used as a means to aid in clearing the touchhole from the remnants of the exploded cracker.

This article being intended for a cheap toy, 7 5

I have selected wood as the most suitable material for the same.

lVhile a fire-cracker furnishes the most convenient charge for this cannon, it is obvious that the required amount of powder might be conveyed to the receiver in any other suitable form.

Having explained my invention, I claim as new-- 1. A toycannon having an outwardly-ta- 35 perin g muzzle adapted to hold a ball, a contracted bore communicating with this tapering muzzle, and a combined touch-hole and receiver communicating with the bore and passing completely through the barrel of the go cannon, all as substantially shown and described.

2. A toy cannon having an outwardly-tapering muzzle adapted to receive a ball, a

contracted bore communicating with this ta- 5 pering muzzle, a combined touch-hole and receiver communicating with the bore and perforating completely the barrel of the cannon, a base-block upon which the cannon is supported, and a passage through this basezoo CHARLES W. LUOIUS. lVitnesses:

' SAMUEL M. QUINN,

CHAS. SPENGEL. 

